Combined cigarette container and ash-tray



March 15,1932. M. ALTBUCH 1,849,416

COMBINED CIGARETTE CONTAINER AND ASH TRAY Filed March 26, 1930 a 1m) NTR BY Patented Mar. 15, 1932 MORRIS ALTBUCH, OF BROOKLYNQNEWZYORK comamnnCIGARETTE CONTAINER AND, Asia-rear i i g] Application filed March 26,1930. erial No.43,055.-" l I The present invention relates to a combinedcigarette container and ash-tray, and has for its main object to providea device of this type which is exceedingly simple in construction,durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or inother words one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond thereasonable cost of such a contrivance.

Another object of the invention is to construct a device of the typementioned, wherein the cover of the container is detachable and soshaped that it is capable of serving as an ash-tray.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as anature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thecombination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinalsection taken through a combined cigarette contain-' er and ash-trayconstructed in accordance with the present invention; and F 1g. 2 1s aperspective view of the device, the elements being taken apart, oneconstituting the cigarette container and the other being shown in aposition 'to serve as an ash-tray.

Referring now to the drawings, thenumeral 10 indicates a hollow body,provided with a base 11, to the underface of which is attached in anysuitable manner a felt sheet 12, to prevent scratching'or otherwiseinjuring the support onto which the said body is hollow, to receive acontainer 13 which is placed. The body 10 may be of any suitableprovidedwith a substantially circular flange 14 atits open end, the saidflange resting on top of the body 10 and being attached to the latter bynails 15,01 otherwise. Thev container 13 and its flange 14 are made ofone integral piece, preferably of sheet metal, which obviously may beshaped by stamping. Onto the body 10 is fitted a cover 16, comprising areceptacle 17, around the open end f of which is formed a flange 18. Inthe case illustrated in the drawings this cover has the shape of a hat,which is adapted to be placed on the representation of thehuman headwhich forms part of the body 10 The flange 18, which constitutes thebrimof the hat, is provided with a plurality of transverse depressions19, each adapted to receive a cigarette 20, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawmgs.

When the elements are assembled, as illustrated in Fig. lot thedrawings, the cigarettes in the container 13 are concealed from View, aclose fit between the, cover 16 and the body 10 providing asubstantially air-tight closure to prevent the cigarettes from dryingup. When the device is to be put to use,

the cover 16 is removed from the body 10 and I placed in its invertedposition, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it thereby constituting anash-tray. One or more cigarettes may be placed, while burning, into thedepressions 19 in the flange 18 of thecover and are thus held againstrolling off the ash-tray. It is I obvious that the cigarette ashes maybe placed into the cover 16 in the usual manner. When the cover is againto be placed upon the body 10, thecigarette ashes must, obviously, firstbe withdrawn therefrom.

The device herein described is inexpensive to manufacture by reason ofthe fact that the body lOmay be molded, and the container 13 and cover16 are obtained by stamping operations.

' What I claim is 1., A 7 combined cigarette container and ash-tray,comprising a body having a flat base adapted tobe placed on a support,an

open cigarette-receiving container on said body, and a cover includingan open recep- Atacle provlded with a laterally pro ectlng flange aroundits open end adapted to be fitted onto the said body to close said container, said flange having transverse depressions each of which isadapted to receive a cigarette when said cover is removed from said bodyand placed in inverted position on a support.

2. A combined cigarette container and ash-tray according to claim 1,said body being hollow to receive said container, and

said container having a flange resting-on the open top of said body.

Signed at New York city,-in the countyof New York, and State of NewYork, this 14th day of March, A. D. 1930. r a. MORRIS ALTBUGH..

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